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At the banks' annual general meetings, shareholders voted down resolutions urging stronger climate action despite promises to reach net zero. Is it time for federal regulators to force the banks to fall in line?

The Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans suggested cutting back current protections, which some experts say is the wrong move for the species.

The Canada Revenue Agency has already shown it can file simple income tax returns for clients, essential for vulnerable populations like low-income Indigenous people to access benefits and credits.

The Colorado River is on the brink of collapse and the Grand Canyon is in the crosshairs, according to American Rivers, the conservation group that compiles the annual endangered list.

Leaders of northern Ontario First Nations descended upon Queen's Park in Toronto on Wednesday to deliver a message to the province: they want to be equal partners on any kind of development in their territories.

The platform curated the list for shows that “help educate, inspire, and spark initiative on steps we can take to save our home.”

Federal ministers said on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, they were monitoring for blockades of critical roads and infrastructure, as striking federal workers made good on a promise to ramp up their picket efforts by disrupting traffic and limiting access to office buildings in downtown Ottawa.

Directors from past Liberal and Conservative campaigns told a House of Commons committee on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, that concerns raised by national security officials would not necessarily be reason enough for them to drop a candidate from their rosters.

The federal government is eyeing a "clear, consistent" definition of assault-style firearms to be prohibited through legislation, as recently suggested by the Nova Scotia mass shooting commission, says Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.

The visit of Germany's president to Metro Vancouver creates a "rare" opportunity for Canadian businesses to speak directly with a key trade partner's leadership, says a top B.C. executive who hosted the foreign dignitary.

A Canadian effort is underway to conduct airlifts out of Sudan and two military vessels have arrived off its coast, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, as the government looked for a fragile ceasefire to help evacuation efforts in the embattled East African country.

For two years running, Canada's biggest landlord has applied for rent increases that make Khalil Aldroubi and his wife Samr Chehab Abdulkarim worry they will be forced out of their Toronto apartment.

Some studies are causing concern about the chemicals in the fabric sheets — but the issue with the laundry product is more subtle.

Next-generation nuclear technology “has no part in fighting the climate emergency,” Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Tuesday as a handful of MPs joined anti-nuclear activists to voice concern about the federal government’s intention to expand nuclear power. 

The so-called "third link'' tunnel across the St. Lawrence River — adding to two existing bridges — was a key promise from Legault during the 2018 and 2022 election campaigns to woo voters in the capital region. The tunnel was to have space for cars and transit.